The Conrad Company

The Conrad Company, doing business as Conrad Co, manufactures aircraft and aerospace components for the Department of Defense as a small business prime contractor, with 99% of its federal award portfolio held in direct prime contracts. Based in Memphis, Tennessee, and registered as a for-profit manufacturer since 2002, Conrad Co competes predominantly on a full-and-open basis under single-award indefinite delivery contracts (IDCs) with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), though several awards carry total small business set-aside designations.

Conrad Co's federal footprint centers on specialized aviation components for military aircraft maintenance and logistics. The company manufactures parachute containers, aircraft seat assemblies and components (headrest assemblies, back cushions, seat pans, cushion covers), interior trim panels, glare shields, survival equipment, landing gear covers, sand deflectors, and ejection seat hardware. Representative prime work includes a $246 thousand total small business set-aside purchase order from DLA Aviation (November 2024) for 205 ejection seat handle assemblies; a $139.5 thousand small business set-aside purchase order (May 2022) for deployment sleeves and related aircraft seat components; and a $119.4 thousand total small business set-aside purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (August 2025) for parachute pin sets—all firm fixed-price awards placed against IDCs with ceiling values near $250 thousand.

Customer concentration is extremely high. DLA Aviation dominates the prime footprint with 975 awards worth $41.3 million combined potential value (66% of total), followed distantly by the broader Defense Logistics Agency entity (265 awards, $6.6 million), the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command (13 awards, $4.8 million), and DLA Troop Support divisions (99 awards combined, $1.9 million). Across the top five customers, 80% of all awards and 88% of combined potential value flow to DLA entities—a customer concentration posture that is characteristic of aircraft parts suppliers serving depot maintenance and logistics networks.

Conrad Co holds a portfolio of single-award IDCs with DLA Aviation and DLA Troop Support, each with ceilings near $250 thousand and five-year performance periods. Recent IDC awards include contracts dated June 2025 ($249,999.99 ceiling, small business set-aside, through June 2030 for navigation curtains), June 2025 ($250 thousand, unrestricted, through June 2030 for interior trim panels), April 2025 ($250 thousand, unrestricted, through April 2030 for strap assemblies), June 2024 ($249,999.99, small business set-aside, through June 2029 for crew relief station pans), and October 2023 ($249,999.99, small business set-aside, through October 2028 for seat back shrouds). These vehicles anchor the company's engagement with DLA—task orders are issued against established ceilings as operational demand dictates, with individual delivery order values typically ranging from $2 thousand to $20 thousand. The top five parent vehicles combined account for 79 task orders; the Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE4A715D0128 alone carries 14 task orders valued at $450 thousand.

Activity trajectory shows modest growth with volatility. Award volume was 39 in 2022, peaked at 49 in 2023, fell to 38 in 2024, recovered to 43 in 2025, and stands at 4 through mid-March 2026 (a snapshot artifact). The company generated $62.2 million in combined potential value across 1,918 awards while obligating $63.2 million (102% of combined potential), indicating actual spend has slightly exceeded initial ceilings—characteristic of small multiple-award vehicles with fixed-price task orders. Recompete exposure is modest: ten awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $621 thousand.

Conrad Co subcontracts to The Boeing Company on C-17 Globemaster III total sustainment, virtual fleet material requirements, and support programs, with ten sub-awards visible in the source data (July 2025–December 2024) under the broad category of "purchased outside production" sustainment work—a teaming relationship that demonstrates the company's manufacturing capability in the depot support ecosystem beyond direct DLA prime awards.

The company's capability portfolio is narrowly focused on aircraft hardware and seat interior components for military platforms. Across all awards, the top NAICS category is Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (1,088 awards), followed by Aircraft Manufacturing (117 awards). The dominant PSC code is Miscellaneous Aircraft Accessories and Components (1,096 awards), with secondary strength in parachutes and aerial recovery systems (226 awards) and airframe structural components (223 awards). This concentration signals a vendor optimized for depot replenishment and planned maintenance cycles rather than production-line integration or broader defense systems integration.

Composite, seats, sewn, plastic, Aircraft interior, fuselage components, survival bags, parachute containers, and ground support items. Sewn cushions, bags, covers, foam, prepreg layup, vacuform, autoclave, sheet metal.